Top TechTop Tech #50: superconducting quantum computer, better batteries for home solar storage
Promising products and interesting innovations
By Paul Worthington
Today’s Top Tech:
• IBM advances towards superconducting quantum computer
• Better batteries for solar storage
IBM advances towards superconducting quantum computer
A practical quantum computer might still be a long ways off
— but scientists at IBM claim to have cracked a critical issue by detecting
and measuring quantum errors, and creating a quantum bit circuit design that
could scale.
“Quantum computers promise to open up new capabilities in the fields of optimization and simulation that are not possible using today’s computers,” reports Kurzweil AI. “If a quantum computer could be built with just 50 quantum bits (qubits), no combination of today’s TOP500 supercomputers could successfully outperform it, the scientists say.”
Better batteries for solar storage
Electric car maker Tesla is bringing its tech into your home with a better system for storing solar power for use after the sun has set.
The Powerwall also promises to perhaps bring in-home electricity to the many areas far from power infrastructure.
Tesla Energy is partnered with SolarCity for a pilot project
in California, Gizmodo
reports, “that supplied roughly 300 homes with the batteries.”
Pricing will start around $3500.
